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1847 U.S. House election results

83 races · 83 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1847 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

Alabama

1847 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John GayleW5,050 votes · +560 over G A Taylor
District 4Samuel IngeD4,528 votes · +168 over Jeremiah Murphy
District 5George HoustonD4,476 votes · +1,498 over E B Hubbard
District 6Williamson CobbD3,321 votes · +574 over William Acklen
District 7Franklin BowdonD5,419 votes · +1,395 over Rice

Connecticut

1847 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James DixonW7,676 votes · +509 over William Hammersley
District 2Samuel HubbardW7,325 votes · +656 over Samuel Ingham
District 3John RockwellW6,112 votes · +534 over Codington Billings
District 4Truman SmithW9,082 votes · +1,102 over Taylor

Indiana

1847 U.S. House results in Indiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Elisha EmbreeW7,446 votes · +392 over Alfred Dale Owen
District 2Thomas HenleyD7,170 votes · +40 over Cyrus E Davis
District 3John RobinsonD7,908 votes · +486 over Pleasant A Hackleman
District 4Caleb SmithW4,988 votes · +1,448 over John Test
District 5William WickD7,087 votes · +288 over Jonathan McCarty
District 6George DunnW7,455 votes · +1 over David M Dobson
District 7Richard ThompsonW6,402 votes · +178 over James S Wright
District 8John PettitD6,931 votes · +420 over David Brier
District 9Charles CathcartD7,555 votes · +492 over Daniel D Pratt
District 10William RockhillD6,617 votes · +176 over A M Ewing

Iowa

1847 U.S. House results in Iowa
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William ThompsonD5,530 votes · +544 over S W Browne
District 2Shepherd LefflerD5,160 votes · +287 over Thomas McKnight

Kentucky

1847 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Linn BoydD7,421 votes · +3,227 over Delaney
District 2Samuel O PeytonD6,068 votes · +110 over Waddill
District 3Milton ClarkeD5,291 votes · +226 over Thomas Todd
District 4Aylette BucknerW6,177 votes · +386 over Addison D James
District 5John ThompsonW6,779 votes · +760 over Charles A Wickliffe
District 6Green AdamsW6,303 votes · +996 over Price
District 7William DuncanW6,760 votes · +283 over Meriwether
District 8Charles S MorheadW4,348 votes · +1,205 over S F J Trabue
District 9Richard FrenchD6,473 votes · +307 over Cox
District 10John GainesW7,496 votes · +124 over L B Desha

Louisiana

1847 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Emile LasereD2,813 votes · +1,200 over Montegut
District 2Bannon ThibodeauxW4,280 votes · +791 over Landry
District 3John HarmansonD4,118 votes · +719 over Saunders
District 4Isaac MorseD4,138 votes · +604 over Waddell

Maryland

1847 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2James RomanW7,136 votes · +316 over Shriver
District 3Thomas LigonD4,202 votes
District 4Robert McLaneD10,158 votes · +1,438 over Thomas Kennedy
District 5Alexander EvansW4,909 votes · +465 over Carmichael
District 6John CrisfieldW4,497 votes

Mississippi

1847 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Jacob ThompsonD7,191 votes · +1,158 over Josselyn
District 2Winfield FeatherstonD6,433 votes · +846 over McClung
District 3Patrick TompkinsW6,939 votes · +549 over W T Roberts
District 4Albert BrownDWinner

New Hampshire

1847 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Amos TuckI5,608 votes · +1,583 over Jennes
District 2Charles PeasleeD8,873 votes · +4,598 over Eastman
District 3James WilsonW5,926 votes · +840 over Moulton

North Carolina

1847 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas ClingmanW4,550 votes · +1,124 over John Gray Bynum
District 2Nathaniel BoydenW3,882 votes · +857 over W S Bogle
District 3Daniel BarringerW3,412 votes · +2,620 over Walter F Leake
District 4Augustine ShepperdW4,022 votes · +1,388 over Junius L Clemmons
District 5Abraham VenableD4,588 votes · +153 over John Kerr
District 6John DanielD3,896 votes · +486 over Archibald H Arrington
District 7James McKayD3,894 votes · +2,067 over Avalon E Hall
District 8Richard DonnellW4,293 votes · +369 over William K Lane
District 9David OutlawW3,795 votes · +724 over Asa Biggs

Rhode Island

1847 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert CranstonW3,303 votes · +874 over George H Brown
District 2UpdikeW2,035 votes · +107 over Benjamin Thurston

Tennessee

1847 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Andrew JohnsonD5,658 votes · +316 over Oliver P Temple
District 2William CockeW7,277 votes · +2,627 over Charles M Wallace
District 3John CrozierW6,945 votes · +471 over Smith
District 4Hugh HillD5,604 votes · +1,657 over John Goodall
District 5George JonesD4,697 votes · +4,639 over J M Crowley
District 6James ThomasD5,562 votes · +1,119 over Boling Gordan
District 7Meredith GentryW5,989 votes · +2,782 over R G Ellis
District 8Washington BarrowW5,544 votes · +1,657 over John B Pittman
District 9Lucien ChaseD4,898 votes · +693 over John T Swayne
District 10Frederick StantonD5,564 votes · +25 over Harris
District 11William HaskellW6,380 votes · +1,609 over John Gardner

Virginia

1847 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Archibald AtkinsonD2,238 votes · +72 over Watts
District 2George DromgooleD1,641 votes · +16 over Bolling
District 3TreadwayD556 votes · +212 over Thomas Flournoy
District 4Thomas BocockD2,263 votes · +125 over Irving
District 5William GogginW2,980 votes · +110 over Walter Leake
District 6John BottsW2,959 votes · +491 over Walter Leake
District 7Thomas BaylyD1,107 votes · +241 over Benjamin T Jones
District 8Richard BealeD2,016 votes · +82 over J W B Newton
District 9John PendletonW2,861 votes · +816 over Eppa Hunter
District 10Henry BedingerD3,053 votes · +307 over Kennedy
District 11James McDowellD2,995 votes · +860 over Edwin Gray
District 12William PrestonW3,583 votes · +326 over Chapman
District 13Andrew FultonW2,094 votes · +16 over McMullen
District 14Robert ThompsonD3,290 votes · +55 over McComas